Flotsam and jetsam; or, Do your duty and never mind the consequencesGriffith & Farran, 1881 - 180 pages |
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... give me eight and forty hours , and I daresay I may arrange something . One thing however is , as I have already told you , imperative - and that is , that Lady Tresillian should leave India as soon as possible . I'll just say a word to ...
... give me eight and forty hours , and I daresay I may arrange something . One thing however is , as I have already told you , imperative - and that is , that Lady Tresillian should leave India as soon as possible . I'll just say a word to ...
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... give this little fellow something to eat , and the sooner he gets to bed the better ! " Then for the first time , Mrs Pengarth , who Willie had heard of as " Aunt Emma , " noticed him ; she took his hand , gave him a cold kiss on his ...
... give this little fellow something to eat , and the sooner he gets to bed the better ! " Then for the first time , Mrs Pengarth , who Willie had heard of as " Aunt Emma , " noticed him ; she took his hand , gave him a cold kiss on his ...
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... hurried to Paddington Station in hopes of hearing some tidings of Jock , but as nothing had been seen of the truant , he proceeded to the nearest Police Office to give notice of the loss of the boy , 48 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM .
... hurried to Paddington Station in hopes of hearing some tidings of Jock , but as nothing had been seen of the truant , he proceeded to the nearest Police Office to give notice of the loss of the boy , 48 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM .
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H. Wothem. to give notice of the loss of the boy , and a description of him : it was not till he was asked for this that he remembered how slight was his knowledge of his nephew's appearance , in fact he could not describe him at all ...
H. Wothem. to give notice of the loss of the boy , and a description of him : it was not till he was asked for this that he remembered how slight was his knowledge of his nephew's appearance , in fact he could not describe him at all ...
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... give a clue to his identity ; but most of what he said was unintelligible to her , being mixed up with Indian words and expressions , and she only gathered that he had a brother Willie , that his mother was dead , and that there was ...
... give a clue to his identity ; but most of what he said was unintelligible to her , being mixed up with Indian words and expressions , and she only gathered that he had a brother Willie , that his mother was dead , and that there was ...
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